How Illicit Drugs Come to Iowa

Picture above is heroin powder. Eastern Iowa has seen an uptick in heroin use and overdose deaths in recent years.

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In the 1990s crack cocaine was Iowa's major scourge when it came to illicit drugs. Today methamphetamine poses the most issues for communities and law enforcement though Eastern Iowa has also seen a uptick in heroin use. Host Ben Kieffer looks at how these legal substances are trafficked into Iowa and from where the drugs originate.